Anyone have any experience with small claims court?

[DanJ]

So here's the back story. On St. Patrick's Day i went to a friends house and had some drinks... big surprise. So i spend the night and when i go outside to leave, the glass from my passenger side mirror is hanging by the wires and the housing is shattered. A few weeks go by and no one fesses up to it, then i go back one day and see my friend's brother's Jetta (that was parked next to me that night) has a big ding in the door right at the level of my mirror. I call him out on it and he tells me to get it fixed and just let him know how much it will cost to avoid going through his insurance. I found a mirror through Ed Morad for $60, and found a shop to paint it for $50. $110 dollars for a heated, motorized, auto dimming mirror and a re-paint is pretty reasonable in my eyes.

So last week i hit him up for the money at the bar one night, and he gives me some big spiel about how he got a new mirror off VW Vortex for $45 for his car, and that he thought the price was ridiculous. I stayed cool and just brushed him off, even though i felt like telling him he should have found me a Bonneville mirror off Vortex if it was so simple. Originally his brother said he would just pay me for it since his brother is a douche, but now he thinks i originally told him the mirror was $25 and gave me some story about how his brother is kind of hard up for cash right now. This is unfortunate, but not my problem what so ever.

Basically I am going to call him for the money again today, and if he doesn't pay up my options are...

A. Break his mirror (childish, illegal, doesn't help my situation at all)
B. Punch him in his fat head (childish, illegal, doesn't help my situation at all)
C. Small claims court

I know where he works so i figure i can park my car next to his and take some pictures of his door ding next to my broken mirror, and i have witnesses to the fact that he parked next to me, admitted to breaking it, and promised to pay me for it. Has anyone ever filed something through small claims court? What is the process like? Fees?

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[Eagle]

I say you do things in that order, A -> B -> C! That's what's up!

Honestly, I think you just ate a $110 repair. Something tells me its not worth the trouble/time/expense of small claims court. So at least do B.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Or call up Mathis.

 

[DanJ]

I thought i heard small claims was like $50 or something. I would be willing to spend the time on it just so this smug fuck doesn't get off without being responsible for his actions what so ever.

 

[Eagle]

Or just punch him in his fat head wnedd:

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Just park next to him again. Go into said work then come out and act like it just happened. Then call cops.

 

[DanJ]

Not a terrible idea.

 

[Eagle]

Or just punch him in his fat head wnedd:

Not a terrible idea.

i kno

 

[Eagle]

Just park next to him again. Go into said work then come out and act like it just happened. Then call cops.

I guess then you'd have his insurance info and could put a claim in... it's definitely lower than his deductible, so he'd have to pay.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I wonder if you could call his insurance company and tell them or if you'd need a police report.

Don't you have a cop friend? Just ask him to come along to this dudes house/work and for him to pay up.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I guess then you'd have his insurance info and could put a claim in... it's definitely lower than his deductible, so he'd have to pay.

I'd only worry about "lying" to the cops. If someone could verify the kid wasn't at his car or something.

 

[AlmightyBirdman]

Or just punch him in his fat head wnedd:

or break his legs or bust his knee caps, mafia style

 

[SirMarco]

Yeah skip #3. You could spend more money taking him to small claim court then what is owed to you.
Repeat #2 until he gives you the money. Just get on his ass everyday about the money. Or you could just have him give you half now half next week. If he's at the bar, he has the money for you. If he's that hard up, he won't be going to the bar.

 

[PANDA]

OEM GM heated Mirror is $190 MSRP. Not sure what that includes. Also listed is a $500 mirror (w/seat memory). Plus paint. I think hes getting a deal.

 

[daturbosix]

where does he live? is there anything of value that he has that you want?

now i would suggest doing anything YOURSELF in retaliation. have a friend go pay him a visit or tail him one night.

 

[The Broken Regal]

take the 4 wheeler in skeezers truck down to his house and tear up his front lawn to spell out "fat head"

 

[E]

where does he live? is there anything of value that he has that you want?

now i would suggest doing anything YOURSELF in retaliation. have a friend go pay him a visit or tail him one night.

take the 4 wheeler in skeezers truck down to his house and tear up his front lawn to spell out "fat head"

some good ideas rite der

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

This order-> BAC. $110 isnt a ton of money to be out, and its obvious the kid is a fuck stick. Who the hell couldnt come up with $110 right now if they had to? Break his nose and tell him to put the money toward getting it fixed.

 

[Fish]

SCC is for sure more money and hassle then what you have into your mirror. I would skip that route all together unfortunately. Snag his Xbox, his girlfriend, his car keys until he can magically come up with $100 and eat the rest.

 

[Krang]

he sounds like a child, treat him like one.

Talk to his parents.

 

[Stink Star]

so wait he doesnt have $110 to his name and hes hard up for cash yet you found him at a bar? must not be that desperate with money considering bars can be expensive as fuck. sounds to me like hes a douche canoe and you should either take him to court for the money just for the principal of the matter or make him give you something he owns of equal value (camera, cell phone, ps3, etc...) to me he sounds like one of those morons who complains about money yet still smokes his cigs at $6 a pack and gets his $5 drinks at the bar every day and has a nice $8 lunch instead of packing his own. somebody needs to teach him a lesson. the fact that he got a good deal on a mirror is irrelevant because you dont drive a jetta and your mirror costs more.... if i were you id get an estimate for a dealership to sell you a mirror, paint it, and insrtall it and use that figure in court